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At Ease in Zion

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 23, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 17.

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At Ease in Zion

By Horatius Bonar

At ease in Zion! Can a soul redeemed, That should, while here, be solemn vigils keeping, Sit idly on its couch of luxury, When the world lies in saddest slumber sleeping, In pleasure's deepest draft its senses madly steeping?
At ease in Zion! Where is then the cross, The Master's cross, all pain and shame defying? Where is the true disciple's cross and cup, The daily conflict and the daily dying, The fearless front of faith, the noble self-denying?
At ease in Zion! Shall no sense of shame Arouse us from our self-indulgent dreaming? No pity for the world? No love for Him Who braved life's sorrow and man's disesteeming, Us to God's light and joy by His dark death redeeming? — Horatius Bonar.